Changes
as of the November 2000 ElectionsState
Legislature: Elections in 2001.U.S.
House: Three new members were elected but there was no change in partisan
balance: 1. Jo AnnDavis (R)
was elected to fill the seat held by the late H.Bateman; 2.
E.Schrock (R) won the race to succeed the retiring O.Pickett; and 7.
E.Cantor (R) won T.Bliley's seat.U.S.
Senate: George Allen (R)
defeated incumbent Chuck Robb (D).

2,789,808 total votes were
cast for president -- 2,739,447 were counted. 50,361 (1.8%) were
under or overvotes.

OverviewA Democrat has not won Virginia
in the presidential race since LBJ carried the state in 1964. That
held true in 2000 as Bush-Cheney bested Gore-Lieberman with a plurality
of 220,200 votes (8.03 percentage points). Bush won in eight of the
state's congressional districts, while Gore won in three (3rd, 8th and
11th).

Notes: For an individual
other than the nominees of the Democratic and Republican parties to appear
on the general election ballot as a candidate for president he or she must
have submitted signatures of not less than 10,000 qualified voters in Virginia,
including at least 400 qualified voters from each of Virginia's 11 congressional
districts, to the State Board of Elections no later than noon August 25,
2000.Last day for voter registration:
Oct. 10, 2000.

.
Open primary--open to all citizens who are registered to vote in the state.
Voter must sign a pledge: "I, the undersigned, state that I do not intend
to participate in the nomination porcess of any party other than the Republican
Party."